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Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure - FAQ
Q. What is Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure? • User Experience & Access A. Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure provides customers with the –– Identity-based end-user catalog access via ability to pair their existing Microsoft Azure infrastructure with Workspace ONE ® ™ the VMware Horizon Cloud Service . –– Secure remote access for end-users with integrated Horizon Cloud delivers feature-rich virtual desktops and Unified Access Gateway applications using a purpose-built cloud platform that is –– Support for VMware Blast Extreme, BEAT protocol, scalable across multiple deployment options, including fully Skype for Business and much more managed infrastructure from VMware and public cloud • Power Management infrastructure from Microsoft Azure. The service supports a –– Ability to track and manage Microsoft Azure capacity cloud-scale architecture that makes it easy to deliver virtualized consumption to keep costs low Windows desktops and applications to any device, anytime. And, with a flexible subscription model, organizations can • Support easily get up and running quickly. –– Enterprise-grade, 24-7 support from VMware for the Horizon Cloud service Q. Why are we offering Microsoft Azure support for • Graphics Support Horizon Cloud? –– Support for graphics-intensive workloads on Microsoft A. VMware is dedicated to helping customers accelerate their Azure GPU-enabled infrastructure – both RDS and Win move to the cloud by providing a range of deployment options 10 virtual desktops that make it easy to transition at their own pace. As one of the • Support for Microsoft Azure Government fastest-growing Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers, Microsoft Azure helps support our multi-cloud strategy, –– Azure Government infrastructure for US public sector allowing customers to host virtual desktops and apps across entities requiring isolated infrastructure more datacenters and more locations. Microsoft Azure also • Health Alerts brings with it hourly billing, attractive SPLA licensing, –– Manage resource usage. Alerts displayed when one or compliance with industry mandates such as HIPAA and PCI, more of the following parameters is at or above a set and world-class SLAs. threshold value: CPU usage percentage, memory usage percentage, and disk latency Q. What features does Horizon Cloud support on Microsoft • Auto-agent update Azure infrastructure? –– Agent Auto Update (AAU) to easily update agents via the A. • Application & Desktop Delivery Horizon Cloud management console –– Ability to deliver virtual applications and • Security with Two Factor Authentication Windows 10 desktops on Microsoft Azure while –– Support for RADIUS based authentication when leveraging cloud resources accessing your desktops and applications over –– Dedicated and floating desktops are available the internet with VDI • Helpdesk • Cloud-based Management Console –– Intuitive web application designed for support –– Intuitive Horizon Cloud management console to staff and admins to easily look up user sessions, manage remote and virtual desktops, apps and users troubleshoot problems and perform desktop on Microsoft Azure in one place maintenance operations such as restart or –– Built-in Monitoring Service with logs, notifications reset desktops and analytics • Support for NSX Cloud –– Provides micro-segmentation of virtual desktops deployed on VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure
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Q. In what markets is Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Q. Does Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure support micro- Azure available? segmentation using NSX? A. Horizon Cloud is available globally for Microsoft Azure A. Yes. NSX Cloud enables micro-segmentation of virtual deployments. A list of available Microsoft Azure regions can desktops that are deployed by VMware Horizon Cloud on be found here. Microsoft Azure. NSX Cloud delivers micro-segmentation security for applications running natively in public clouds. Q. Does Horizon Cloud support multi-tenancy? The NSX Cloud micro-segmentation policy can control traffic A. Yes, Horizon Cloud is a multi-tenant service. between desktops within Azure VNET as well as traffic destined to on-premises applications in a hybrid deployment. Click here to watch the demo. Q. What VM types are supported on Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure? Q. Does VMware offer managed infrastructure on Microsoft A. Customers can select from over 200 VM sizes that supports Azure or will customers attach their own Microsoft Azure their use cases for both VDI and RDSH, along with the ability infrastructure to the Horizon Cloud control plane? to filter the VM sizes based on Type, Series, CPU, Memory and Tag when creating a Desktop Assignment or RDSH Farm. A. Customers need to attach their own Microsoft Azure account to the Horizon Cloud service. At this time, we are not planning For a list of specific VM types within each series, please refer to provide a VMware-managed infrastructure option for to the product documentation. Microsoft Azure. However, partners will be able to provide managed solutions on Microsoft Azure for customers looking for that option. Q. Does Horizon Cloud support vGPU-accelerated applications and desktops? Q. Does Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure support VMware™ A. Horizon Cloud supports vGPU-accelerated Workspace ONE Access? Microsoft Azure infrastructure to deliver secure, immersive 3D ® ™ graphics to RDS-hosted apps and session-based desktops as A. Horizon Cloud includes VMware Workspace ONE Access well as Windows 10 virtual desktops. (formerly known as VMware Identity Manager). With Workspace ONE Access, you can set up single sign-on (SSO) for Horizon Cloud apps and desktops, ensure security with Q. What devices or end points can I use to access multi-factor authentication (including VMware Verify, VMware’s my desktops? multi-factor authentication solution included in the Workspace A. With Horizon Cloud you can use any device, anywhere to ONE Access feature that is powered by a third party service access your desktop and applications. This includes thin clients, provider), and control conditional access. zero clients, PCs, Macs, iPads, Android devices, smartphones, Amazon Kindle Fires, and Google Chromebooks. The Horizon Universal License includes the cloud hosted version of Workspace ONE Access. With this version of Q. What display protocol does Horizon Cloud use? Workspace ONE Access, only access to Horizon Cloud apps A. Horizon Cloud supports VMware Blast Extreme and Teradici and desktops is supported. PCoIP protocols for a premium end-user experience. In addition, with Horizon clients, you get a great end-user Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure also supports the experience across networks and devices with support Workspace ONE Access on-premises version. To leverage for unified communications, USB devices, 3D, multimedia Workspace ONE Access on-premises with your Horizon Cloud and gestures. on Microsoft Azure deployment, please consult with your VMware End User Computing (“EUC”) Sales Rep to purchase Q. What is the difference between Blast Extreme the appropriate subscription. and PCoIP? If you want to use Workspace ONE Access with other apps A. Blast Extreme is a new display technology built on the H.264 such as Horizon 7 apps and desktops, SaaS apps, or mobile protocol. It offers customers an additional means by which apps, please consult with your VMware End User Computing their virtual desktops and apps can be remoted to their client (“EUC”) Sales Rep to purchase the appropriate subscription. device. Horizon Cloud continues to support devices that leverage PCoIP, and with the addition of Blast Extreme, customers can choose the display technology that best fits their use cases.
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Q. How is Horizon Cloud sold? Q. How do I buy Horizon Cloud? A. Customers purchase the Horizon Universal License which A. You can purchase Horizon Cloud directly from VMware or your entitles them to Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure, Horizon preferred reseller. Please contact VMware Sales to learn more. Cloud on IBM Cloud, and Horizon 7 subscription which can deployed on-premises or on VMware Cloud on AWS. Q. How is Microsoft Azure hosting purchased for new customers to Microsoft Azure that are purchasing Horizon Universal License is available in two subscription models: Horizon Cloud? • Per named user (NU) – For virtual environments with A. Microsoft Azure hosted infrastructure can be purchased from staff that require dedicated access to virtual machines customers’ existing Microsoft resellers. throughout the day. • Per concurrent connection (CCU) – For virtual environments Q. Can I buy Horizon Cloud and Microsoft Azure with a high number of users who share machines throughout services together? the day, such as students and shift workers. A. Customers may purchase both Microsoft Azure and Horizon You then purchase Horizon Cloud hosted infrastructure directly Cloud together through the channel with many Microsoft and from VMware, which is on IBM Cloud or bring your own VMware resellers. Microsoft Azure to host your virtual desktops and applications. Q. Where can customers get more details? More details on the Universal License are available here. A. Customers and partners interested in learning more about this new offering can visit the Horizon Cloud page, or visit our Q. Where can I get pricing information for the Horizon Microsoft alliance page. Universal License? A. The Horizon Universal License is based upon a monthly subscription model. The latest pricing information for Horizon Universal License and hosted infrastructure options can be found here.
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